Rapid range expansion and community reorganization in response to warming

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2950-2962

  Le Roux, Peter C ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Altitudinal range; Climate change; Elevational limits; Individualistic responses; Microhabitat; Range boundaries; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORA; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; SITE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 56349109041     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01687.x     Document Type: Article

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